"The coaches and the veterans - (Carlos) Beltran, (Julio) Franco and (Jose) Valentin - tell me, '(Clemens) don't like the young players bunting. That's why I do two bunts today," said 21-year-old Carlos Gomez after a stellar Yankee Stadium debut that included two bunt singles, a stolen base and the Mets' first run. "I know he don't like it.

Gomez, starting in left field for the injured Moises Alou, got his team on the scoreboard in the third after he led off with a bunt that Yankee catcher Jorge Posada could not handle in time for a throw to first. Gomez stole second for his sixth swipe of the season and then scored on Jose Reyes' RBI single to center.

Reyes added a fifth-inning leadoff homer off Clemens, but Gomez's early run was all the Mets would need. After a comebacker to Clemens in the fifth, Gomez decided to go back to his original formula in the seventh. Gomez, who hit in the No. 9 spot, tapped the first pitch he saw from Clemens toward first base. Yankee first baseman Miguel Cairo charged the ball but overthrew Rocket as he ran to cover the bag, and Gomez slid headfirst for a single. Robinson Cano had converged on the bag as well and leaped awkwardly over Gomez.

Asked if Clemens gave him an earful after the second bunt, Gomez smiled and said, "I don't know. I think he looked mad."

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